Attention new and incoming UK students! On this episode of Office Hours, Lynn Roche Phillips joins us not only to discuss her work in the Department of Geography, but LEXengaged: the newest living learning community at UK! Learn about how you can live a more active lifestyle in the Lexington community and become aware of the socio-cultural issues that affect us all.

If that weren't enough geography major Lindsey Funke joins the conversation as well to tell us about her undergraduate research and interests.

Office Hours is a joint production between the College of Arts & Sciences and WRFL, 88.1 FM.

In Fall of 2015, a new initiative to connect campus and community will open its doors. LEXengaged, a Living Learning Community connecting undergraduate students to the city of Lexington, will welcome its first students. Lynn Phillips and Rosie Moosnick, faculty advisors and co-directors of the program, explain LEXengaged and the inspiration behind it.

Phillips isn't exactly new to UK but she does have a new role in the Department of Geography. As a longtime member of the Lexington community, Phillips' research at UK exploring issues of urban planning and growth management will directly stem from the work she has already done on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Planning Commission.

This podcast is part of a series highlighting the new faculty members who joined the College of Arts and Sciences in the fall 2013 semester.